Cell phone shutdown angers Afghans

Kabul, Afghanistan - Taliban attacks on telecom towers (10 last month, ~2M$ in damage) have prompted cell phone companies to shut down service across southern Afghanistan, angering a quarter million customers who have no other telephones. Even some Taliban fighters now regret the disruptions and are demanding that service be restored by the companies...

[let me guess: 'disproportionate response' - expect a UN resolution against the phone companies]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104ap_afghan_tower_attacks.html